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  by JLJ061
 
justalurker66 wrote:Why is there a fire truck parked on the tracks? Would they park on adjacent rail lines that were not in a road?
That's kind of a moot point, since all traffic has to diverted away from the fireground anyway. Speaking from 4 years personal experience, firefighters have enough to deal with without getting run over by arrogant, ignorant drivers (or trains, in this matter :P )